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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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