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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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