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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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