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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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