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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology are empowering people all over the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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