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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education have empowered students all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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