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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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