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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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