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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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