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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Argentina to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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