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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Argentina to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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