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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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