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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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