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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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