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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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