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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth 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. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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