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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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