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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in digital education technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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