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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning have enabled learners all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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