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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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