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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to understand these significant new open educational ventures. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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