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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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