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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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