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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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