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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better comprehend these compelling new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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