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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online learning enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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