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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better understand these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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