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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic educational technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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