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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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