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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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