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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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