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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning enable humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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