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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators 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 institutions like Jordan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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