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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning are enabling students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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