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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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