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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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