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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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