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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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