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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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