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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students 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 distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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