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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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