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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning are making it possible for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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