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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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