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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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