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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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