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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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