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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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