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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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