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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in digital education technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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