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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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