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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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