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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning enable people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Everyone wants to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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