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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are free for learners 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 numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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