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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in digital education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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