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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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