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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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