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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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