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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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