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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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