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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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