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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in electronic educational technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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