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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are empowering learners all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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