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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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