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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in digital education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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