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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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