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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology enable learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these open education initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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