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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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