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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning have made it possible for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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