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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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