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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners 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 quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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