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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Argentina to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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