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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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