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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open education ventures. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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