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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in digital education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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