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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Everyone wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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