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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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