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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in e-learning have empowered humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Argentina to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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