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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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