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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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