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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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