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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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