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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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