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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also reviews the key 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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