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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Argentina to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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