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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning technology enable humans all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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