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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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