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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also describes 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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