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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Argentina to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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