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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education undertakings. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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