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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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