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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in digital education technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. 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 courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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