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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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