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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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