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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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