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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Argentina to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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