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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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