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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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