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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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