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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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