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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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