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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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