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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Scientists want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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