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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education are empowering students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. 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. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education