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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in learning technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these MOOC courses? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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