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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these compelling new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also describes the most important 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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