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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? 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 organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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