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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning make it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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