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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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