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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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