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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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