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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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