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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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