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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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