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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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