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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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