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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Liechtenstein to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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