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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in elearning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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