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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology enable people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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