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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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