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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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