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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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