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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Argentina to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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