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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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