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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology have enabled learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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