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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning enable humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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