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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online learning are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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