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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Argentina to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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