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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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