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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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