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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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