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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology enable people all around the world to take part in online classes. 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. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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