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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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