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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. 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 almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. People want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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