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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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