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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning have enabled students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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