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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning enable people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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