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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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