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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning make it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are considering today because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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