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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology are making it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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