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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education undertakings. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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