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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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