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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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