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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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