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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently 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 topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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