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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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