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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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