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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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