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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open education undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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