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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in e-learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Argentina to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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