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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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