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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education initiatives. Trainers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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