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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally 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 numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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