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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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