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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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