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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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