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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. Recent advances in digital education technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better perceive these important new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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