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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources