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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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