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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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