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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better understand these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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