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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic educational technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. 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. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these massive open online courses? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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