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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in learning technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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