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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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