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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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