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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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