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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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