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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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