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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open education ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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