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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Argentina to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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