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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in electronic educational technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Liechtenstein to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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