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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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