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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Argentina to conduct these MOOC courses? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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