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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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