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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education have empowered learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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