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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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