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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Liechtenstein to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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