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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are considering today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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