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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education initiatives. Students want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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