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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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