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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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