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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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