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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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