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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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