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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are many topics that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? 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 institutions like Marshall Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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