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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education are empowering students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed 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 business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better perceive these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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