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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education are empowering learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Liechtenstein to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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