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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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