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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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