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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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