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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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