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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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