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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Liechtenstein to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to understand these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the major 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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