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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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