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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational ventures. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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