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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education enable humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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