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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in digital education technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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