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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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