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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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