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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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