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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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