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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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