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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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