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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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