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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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