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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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