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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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