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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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