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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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