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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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