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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education enable students all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. People want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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