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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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