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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education enable students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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