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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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