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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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