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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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