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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are customarily free 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 a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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