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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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