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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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