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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education are providing the means for students all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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