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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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