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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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