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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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