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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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