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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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