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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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