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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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