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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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