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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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