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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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