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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open education endeavours. Professors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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