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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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