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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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