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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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