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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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