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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions must deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also reviews the most important 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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