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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these massive open online courses? How can participants deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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