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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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