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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these fascinating new open education ventures. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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