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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology enable people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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