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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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