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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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