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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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