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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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