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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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