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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education are enabling students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This book also explores 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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