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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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