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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is developing so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Djibouti to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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