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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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