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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major 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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