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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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