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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these new open education undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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