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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education enable people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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