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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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