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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better understand these important new open education initiatives. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education