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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Argentina to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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