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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these new open education undertakings. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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