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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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