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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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