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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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