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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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