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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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