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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education ventures. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with 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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