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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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