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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology enable learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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