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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important 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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