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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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