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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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