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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the major 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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