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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic educational technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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