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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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