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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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