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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that elearning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open education ventures. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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