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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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