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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What 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 we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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