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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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