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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning are empowering students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses 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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