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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines 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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