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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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