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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning have made it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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