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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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