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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 topics that online education institutions must deal with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Argentina to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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