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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open education ventures. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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