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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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