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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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