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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in elearning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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