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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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