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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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