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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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