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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning are making it possible for learners all over the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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