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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning have empowered students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open education initiatives. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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