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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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