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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Argentina to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open education experiments. People want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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