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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online education are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. 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. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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