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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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