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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education