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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology are empowering learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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