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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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