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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Argentina to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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