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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology enable students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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