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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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