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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. 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 online MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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