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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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