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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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