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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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