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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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