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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in digital education technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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