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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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