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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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