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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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