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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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