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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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