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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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