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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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