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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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