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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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