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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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