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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Norfolk Island to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education