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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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