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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in digital education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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