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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational endeavours. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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