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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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