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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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