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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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