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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in elearning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that teachers 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 organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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