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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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