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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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