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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also describes the 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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