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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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