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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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