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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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