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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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