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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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