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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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