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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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