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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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