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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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