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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning make it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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