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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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