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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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