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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the major 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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