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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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