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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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