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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in electronic educational technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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