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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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