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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational ventures. People want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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