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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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