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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education enable learners in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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