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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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