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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in elearning technology enable people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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