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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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