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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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