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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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