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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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