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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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