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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified 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 original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open education undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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