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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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