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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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