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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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