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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. 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. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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