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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online education have empowered humans all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to understand these compelling new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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