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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education