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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning technology enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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