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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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