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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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