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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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