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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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