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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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