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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education