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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning are enabling students all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education ventures. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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