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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? 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 Jordan to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better understand these interesting new open education initiatives. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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