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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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