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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education initiatives. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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