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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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