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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Liechtenstein to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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