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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses 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. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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