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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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