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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education are enabling students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open education undertakings. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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