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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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