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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also considers the major 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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