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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Students want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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