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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education