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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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