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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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