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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning have provided the means for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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