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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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