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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses online. 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. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education