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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in electronic educational technology enable students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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