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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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