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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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