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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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