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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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