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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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