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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Argentina to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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