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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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