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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education technology make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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