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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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