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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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