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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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