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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in e-learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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