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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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