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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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