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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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