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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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