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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning have enabled learners all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What 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 participants deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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