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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes 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. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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