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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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