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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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