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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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