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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online 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 have to consider now that learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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