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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. 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 online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open education initiatives. Instructors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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