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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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