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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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