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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational endeavours. People want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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