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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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