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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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