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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. 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 teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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