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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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