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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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