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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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