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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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