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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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