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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education technology have enabled learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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