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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in digital education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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