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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Argentina to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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