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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education technology have enabled humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these important new open education initiatives. Academics want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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