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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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