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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to understand these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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