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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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