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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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