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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in blended learning enable learners all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Liechtenstein to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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