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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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