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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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