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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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