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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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