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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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