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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning have empowered learners all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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