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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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