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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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