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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Argentina to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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