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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these MOOCs? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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