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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in 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. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Liechtenstein to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open education undertakings. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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