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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important 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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