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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? 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 teachers handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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