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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This gripping new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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