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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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