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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors 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 assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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