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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in electronic educational technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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