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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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