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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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