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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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