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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the 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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