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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online learning are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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