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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology are enabling learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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