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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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