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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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