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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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