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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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