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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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