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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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