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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? 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 The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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