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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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