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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently 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 issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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