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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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