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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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