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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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