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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Argentina to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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