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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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