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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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