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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education are enabling humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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