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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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