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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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