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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online learning technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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