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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOCs are typically free for students 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 quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Hungary to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these new open educational ventures. Students want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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