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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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