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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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