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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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