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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in electronic education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the key 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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