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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in elearning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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