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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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