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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. People want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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