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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning are empowering people all over the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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