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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational ventures. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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