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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better understand these important new open education ventures. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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