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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators 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 different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the key 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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