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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education have empowered people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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