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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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