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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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