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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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