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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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