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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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