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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Argentina to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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