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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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