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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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