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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology make it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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