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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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