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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in elearning are empowering humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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