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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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