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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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