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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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