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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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