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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are considering today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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