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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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