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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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