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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic education technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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