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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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