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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these compelling new open educational ventures. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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