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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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