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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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