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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open educational ventures. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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