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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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