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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Argentina to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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