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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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